Daily Archives: January 6, 2021

2021-01-06: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2021-01-05). Mexico receives 1st Pfizer vaccine shipment of 2021. laprensalatina.com Mexico City, Jan 5 (efe-epa).- The year's first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine arrived in Mexico on Tuesday, 53,605 doses earmarked to immunize healthcare personnel in Mexico City and the northern state of Coahuila. "This brief ceremony, the first of the year, keeps us united with everyone, and I remind you: everyone will get …

Jacob Hornberger (2021-01-05). My Recent Experience with Immigration Control Tyranny. counterpunch.org Over Christmas, I visited my hometown of Laredo, Texas, which is situated on the U.S.-Mexico border. As I was leaving the city and driving north on IH35 toward San Antonio, I was reminded of the tyranny that comes with a system of immigration controls. The tyranny came in the form of a domestic—i.e., inside the

WSWS (2021-01-05). Two GM Silao workers in Mexico die on Christmas Eve. wsws.org Workers have reported 13 deaths at the GM Silao Complex in Mexico to the WSWS since the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador allowed production to resume in May…

teleSUR (2021-01-04). Ex-President Manuel Zelaya Decries Social Situation in Honduras. telesurenglish.net The Freedom and Refoundation Party (LIBRE) Coordinator and former Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya published a report on the social and economic situation in the country, which highlights the high levels of indebtedness to foreign institutions and the prevailing corruption. | RELATED: | Noting a three-year period of sustained output decline, the report pointed out that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a shar…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2021-01-04). Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange. commondreams.org "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," the Mexican president said Monday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mexico-asylym-assange.jpg

teleSUR (2021-01-04). Mexico: 32,824 Health Workers Have Been Vaccinated So Far. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced that 53,625 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received in the country, 32,824 of which have been applied to health personnel. | RELATED: | He added that 50,000 more doses will arrive on Tuesday to continue the vaccination in the healthcare sector , which has at least 750,000 workers. | The elderly population will be vaccinated with the…

teleSUR (2021-01-04). Mexico: AMLO Offers Political Asylum to Julian Assange. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Monday offered political asylum to Australian journalist Julian Assange after Britain's Crime Court refused to extradite him to the U.S. | RELATED: | "Our Foreign Affairs Ministry will ask the U.K. government to release Assange so that Mexico can offer him political asylum," AMLO said. | "The court's verdict is a triumph of justice. Assange is a journalist who compli…

Online News Editor (2021-01-04). Shelter offers hope for homeless, at-risk members of Mexico's LGBT community. laprensalatina.com By Monica Rubalcava Mexico City, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Before discovering Casa Frida, Alex Navarro thought of shelters as uniformly hostile places. But three months after his arrival at that Mexico City-based refuge for at-risk members of the LGBTIQ+ community, he is deeply grateful to that civil association that sprung up during the health emergency and …

Online News Editor (2021-01-04). Mexico's GDP fell by less than 8.9 pct. in 2020, president says. laprensalatina.com Mexico City, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Mexico's economy shrank by less than 8.9 percent in 2020 and will recover in the first quarter of 2021, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday in his first daily press conference of the year. "Analysts had estimated that the economy was going to fall between 12 percent and 15 …

_____ (2021-01-03). Prayer Walk Demands Justice For Native Man Assaulted By US Feds. popularresistance.org Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), while he offered prayers on a hike with his sister and dog one week ago. | A prayer walk from Ogahpogeh (Santa Fe) arrived to the site on Saturday afternoon, as reported by The Red Nation's Nick Estes, who tweeted, "#JusticeforDarrell walk ended at Petroglyphs National Park. Askia Trujillo from Ohkay Owingeh led the prayer walk. Walkers are demanding the firing of the tw…

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Mexico receives 1st Pfizer vaccine shipment of 2021
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-05
Mexico City, Jan 5 (efe-epa).- The year's first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine arrived in Mexico on Tuesday, 53,605 doses earmarked to immunize healthcare personnel in Mexico City and the northern state of Coahuila. "This brief ceremony, the first of the year, keeps us united with everyone, and I remind you: everyone will get …
laprensalatina.com/mexico-receives-1st-pfizer-vaccine-shipment-of-2021/

My Recent Experience with Immigration Control Tyranny
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-05
Over Christmas, I visited my hometown of Laredo, Texas, which is situated on the U.S.-Mexico border. As I was leaving the city and driving north on IH35 toward San Antonio, I was reminded of the tyranny that comes with a system of immigration controls. The tyranny came in the form of a domestic–i.e., inside the…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/05/my-recent-experience-with-immigration-control-tyranny/

Two GM Silao workers in Mexico die on Christmas Eve
wsws.org | 2021-01-05
Workers have reported 13 deaths at the GM Silao Complex in Mexico to the WSWS since the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador allowed production to resume in May…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/05/mexi-j05.html

Ex-President Manuel Zelaya Decries Social Situation in Honduras
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-04
The Freedom and Refoundation Party (LIBRE) Coordinator and former Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya published a report on the social and economic situation in the country, which highlights the high levels of indebtedness to foreign institutions and the prevailing corruption. | RELATED: | Another Indigenous Environmental Defender Killed in Honduras | Noting a three-year period of sustained output decline, the report pointed out that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a shar…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ex-President-Manuel-Zelaya-Decries-Social-Situation-in-Honduras–20210104-0008.html

Mexico: AMLO Offers Political Asylum to Julian Assange
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-04
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Monday offered political asylum to Australian journalist Julian Assange after Britain's Crime Court refused to extradite him to the U.S. | RELATED: | Mexico Saves $26 Billion by Fighting Corruption, AMLO Says | "Our Foreign Affairs Ministry will ask the U.K. government to release Assange so that Mexico can offer him political asylum," AMLO said. | "The court's verdict is a triumph of justice. Assange is a journalist who compli…
telesurenglish.net/news/AMLO-Offers-Political-Asylum-to-Julian-Assange-in-Mexico-20210104-0013.html

'We'll give him protection': Mexican president promises asylum for Julian Assange
rt.com | 2021-01-04
Mexico's president has offered asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hours after a British judge refused to extradite Assange to the US to face espionage charges. | "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance, I am in favor of pardoning him," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters on Monday, saying "we'll give him protection." | "Our tradition is protection," Obrador added. | Also on rt.com | | Assange WON'T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London's Old Bailey | Earlier on Monday, Judge…
rt.com/news/511512-mexico-offers-assange-asylum/

Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-01-04
"Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," the Mexican president said Monday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mexico-asylym-assange.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2021/01/04/mexicos-lopez-obrador-wants-give-asylum-julian-assange?cd-origin=rss

Mexico: 32,824 Health Workers Have Been Vaccinated So Far
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-04
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced that 53,625 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received in the country, 32,824 of which have been applied to health personnel. | RELATED: | Prayer Walk Demands Justice for Native Man Assaulted by U.S. Feds | He added that 50,000 more doses will arrive on Tuesday to continue the vaccination in the healthcare sector , which has at least 750,000 workers. | The elderly population will be vaccinated with the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-32824-Health-Workers-Have-Been-Vaccinated-So-Far-20210104-0012.html

Shelter offers hope for homeless, at-risk members of Mexico's LGBT community
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-04
By Monica Rubalcava Mexico City, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Before discovering Casa Frida, Alex Navarro thought of shelters as uniformly hostile places. But three months after his arrival at that Mexico City-based refuge for at-risk members of the LGBTIQ+ community, he is deeply grateful to that civil association that sprung up during the health emergency and …
laprensalatina.com/shelter-offers-hope-for-homeless-at-risk-members-of-mexicos-lgbt-community/

Mexico's GDP fell by less than 8.9 pct. in 2020, president says
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-04
Mexico City, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Mexico's economy shrank by less than 8.9 percent in 2020 and will recover in the first quarter of 2021, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday in his first daily press conference of the year. "Analysts had estimated that the economy was going to fall between 12 percent and 15 …
laprensalatina.com/mexicos-gdp-fell-by-less-than-8-9-pct-in-2020-president-says/